different between subclass vs subcategory

English

Alternative forms

• sub-class

Etymology

sub- +? class

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sub?class

Noun

subclass (plural subclasses)

1. (object-oriented programming) An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
2. (taxonomy) A rank directly below class
3. A secondary class within a main class.
   • 1959, "Steam's Finest Hour" edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to the R-1 Mountain class loco.

Synonyms

• (computing): child class, derived class, heir class
• (general): subset

Antonyms

• superclass
• superset

Hypernyms

• class

Translations

Verb

subclass (third-person singular simple present subclasses, present participle subclassing, simple past and past participle subclassed)

1. (transitive, computing) (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).

   I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.

2. (transitive, computing) To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
   • 2000, James D. Foxall, MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams (page 93)

     Since Windows knows about these events, your application should be able to know about them as well. In order to accomplish this, subclass the window of a form or control, intercepting all of its events.

Antonyms

• (cause to act as a member of a subclass): unsubclass

Derived terms

• subclassable
• unsubclass

English

Alternative forms

• sub-category

Etymology

sub- +? category

Noun

subcategory (plural subcategories)

1. With respect to a given category, a more narrow category.
2. (category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's

Synonyms

• child category

Antonyms

• supercategory

Hypernyms

• category

Translations